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title: "18 Fundamental Question Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 Fundamental Question quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Fundamental Question sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The fundamental question is: will there be life before death?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulvio-fiori/the-fundamental-question-is-will-there-be-life-before-death/)

[Fulvio Fiori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulvio-fiori/)

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> [“The fundamental question is how to develop and maintain compassion.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama-the/the-fundamental-question-is-how-to-develop-and-maintain-compassion/)

[Dalai Lama, The](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama-the/)

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> [The fundamental question of politics has always been whether there should be politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-hess/the-fundamental-question-of-politics-has-always-been-whether-there/)

[Karl Hess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-hess/)

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> [Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/judging-whether-life-is-or-is-not-worth-living-amounts-to-answering/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/the-most-fundamental-question-we-can-ever-ask-ourselves-is-whether-or/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [The fundamental question is is the Conservative Party leadable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-heseltine/the-fundamental-question-is-is-the-conservative-party-leadable/)

[Michael Heseltine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-heseltine/)

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> [“There was an ancient word, originating in one of the lost languages of Pre-Atomic Terra—sixtifor. It meant, the basic, fundamental, question. Rovard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-was-an-ancient-word-originating-in-one-of-the-lost-languages-of/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-jackson-brown-jr/there-is-a-fundamental-question-we-all-have-to-face-how-are-we-to/)

[H. Jackson Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-jackson-brown-jr/)

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> [The fundamental question of political philosophy, one that precedes questions about how the state should be organized, is whether there should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-nozick/the-fundamental-question-of-political-philosophy-one-that-precedes/)

[Robert Nozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-nozick/)

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> [That's really the fundamental question we face here in the beginning of this 21st century is whether or not we believe as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/that-s-really-the-fundamental-question-we-face-here-in-the-beginning/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [I don't know the answer to that question. I don't think it matters to the fundamental question here because at bottom, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-mehlman/i-don-t-know-the-answer-to-that-question-i-don-t-think-it-matters-to/)

[Ken Mehlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-mehlman/)

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> [That's the fundamental question. Do we have a check and balance system? Do we have three equal branches or do we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-huckabee/that-s-the-fundamental-question-do-we-have-a-check-and-balance-system/)

[Mike Huckabee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-huckabee/)

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> [I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/i-ask-the-fundamental-question-of-rationality-why-do-you-believe-what/)

[Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/)

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> [If we make this readjustment to view Homo sapiens as an ultimate in oddball rarity, and life at bacterial grade as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/if-we-make-this-readjustment-to-view-homo-sapiens-as-an-ultimate-in/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-coolidge/it-is-equally-clear-that-a-government-must-govern-must-prescribe-and/)

[Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-coolidge/)

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> [And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-spratt/and-it-raises-a-fundamental-question-how-long-can-we-move-the-world/)

[John Spratt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-spratt/)

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> [What I do for living, working on something called string theory which we think may answer the fundamental question: Are there other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michio-kaku/what-i-do-for-living-working-on-something-called-string-theory-which/)

[Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/)

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> [“I think it is always important to ask fundamental questions, but when we do ask a fundamental question, most of us are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/i-think-it-is-always-important-to-ask-fundamental-questions-but-when/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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                        "text": "That's the fundamental question. Do we have a check and balance system? Do we have three equal branches or do we have one supreme branch, not just the Supreme Court? That's the fundamental question.",
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                        "text": "And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do we want to backslide into an era that we finally emerged from where we had a nuclear weapon for every tactical mission?",
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